Article 10c
Following the granting of a marketing authorisation, the authorisation holder may allow use to be made of the pharmaceutical, pre-clinical and clinical documentation contained in the file on the medicinal product, with a view to examining subsequent applications relating to other medicinal products possessing the same qualitative and quantitative composition in terms of active substances and the same pharmaceutical form."; 10) Article 11 shall be replaced by the following: "Article 11 The summary of the product characteristics shall contain, in the order indicated below, the following information: 1. name of the medicinal product followed by the strength and the pharmaceutical form. 2. qualitative and quantitative composition in terms of the active substances and constituents of the excipient, knowledge of which is essential for proper administration of the medicinal product. The usual common name or chemical description shall be used. 3. pharmaceutical form. 4. clinical particulars: 4.1. therapeutic indications, 4.2. posology and method of administration for adults and, where necessary for children, 4.3. contra-indications, 4.4. special warnings and precautions for use and, in the case of immunological medicinal products, any special precautions to be taken by persons handling such products and administering them to patients, together with any precautions to be taken by the patient, 4.5. interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interactions, 4.6. use during pregnancy and lactation, 4.7. effects on ability to drive and to use machines, 4.8. undesirable effects, 4.9. overdose (symptoms, emergency procedures, antidotes). 5. pharmacological properties: 5.1. pharmacodynamic properties, 5.2. pharmacokinetic properties, 5.3. preclinical safety data. 6. pharmaceutical particulars: 6.1. list of excipients, 6.2. major incompatibilities, 6.3. shelf life, when necessary after reconstitution of the medicinal product or when the immediate packaging is opened for the first time, 6.4. special precautions for storage, 6.5. nature and contents of container, 6.6. special precautions for disposal of a used medicinal product or waste materials derived from such medicinal product, if appropriate. 7. marketing authorisation holder. 8. marketing authorisation number(s). 9. date of the first authorisation or renewal of the authorisation. 10. date of revision of the text. 11. for radiopharmaceuticals, full details of internal radiation dosimetry. 12. for radiopharmaceuticals, additional detailed instructions for extemporaneous preparation and quality control of such preparation and, where appropriate, maximum storage time during which any intermediate preparation such as an eluate or the ready-to-use pharmaceutical will conform with its specifications. For authorisations under Article 10, those parts of the summary of product characteristics of the reference medicinal product referring to indications or dosage forms which were still covered by patent law at the time when a generic medicine was marketed need not be included."; 11) Article 12 shall be replaced by the following: "Article 12 1. The applicant shall ensure that, before the detailed summaries referred to in the last subparagraph of Article 8(3) are submitted to the competent authorities, they have been drawn up and signed by experts with the necessary technical or professional qualifications, which shall be set out in a brief curriculum vitae. 2. Persons having the technical and professional qualifications referred to in paragraph 1 shall justify any use made of scientific literature under Article 10a in accordance with the conditions set out in Annex I. 3. The detailed summaries shall form part of the file which the applicant submits to the competent authorities."; 12) Article 13 shall be replaced by the following: "Article 13 1. Member States shall ensure that homeopathic medicinal products manufactured and placed on the market within the Community are registered or authorised in accordance with Articles 14, 15 and 16, except where such medicinal products are covered by a registration or authorisation granted in accordance with national legislation on or before 31 December 1993. In case of registrations, Article 28 and Article 29(1) to (3) shall apply. 2. Member States shall establish a special simplified registration procedure for the homeopathic medicinal products referred to in Article 14."; 13) Article 14 shall be amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 1, the following second subparagraph shall be inserted: "If new scientific evidence so warrants, the Commission may amend the third indent of the first subparagraph by the procedure referred to in Article 121(2)."; (b) paragraph 3 shall be deleted; 14) Article 15 shall be amended as follows: (a) the second indent shall be replaced by the following: "- dossier describing how the homeopathic stock or stocks is/are obtained and controlled, and justifying its/their homeopathic use, on the basis of an adequate bibliography,"; (b) the sixth indent shall be replaced by the following: "- one or more mock-ups of the outer packaging and the immediate packaging of the medicinal products to be registered,"; 15) Article 16 shall be amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 1, "Articles 8, 10 and 11" shall be replaced by "Articles 8, 10, 10a, 10b, 10c and 11". (b) in paragraph 2, "toxicological and pharmacological tests" shall be replaced by "pre-clinical tests"; 16) Articles 17 and 18 shall be replaced by the following: "Article 17 1. Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that the procedure for granting a marketing authorisation for medicinal products is completed within a maximum of 210 days after the submission of a valid application. Applications for marketing authorisations in two or more Member States in respect of the same medicinal product shall be submitted in accordance with Articles 27 to 39. 2. Where a Member State notes that another marketing authorisation application for the same medicinal product is being examined in another Member State, the Member State concerned shall decline to assess the application and shall advise the applicant that Articles 27 to 39 apply.